Radiology

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y., has opened a new imaging center, according to a hospital news release.

The department of radiology at Columbia.-based University of Missouri Health Care may be under investigation, according to Columbia Daily Tribune report.

Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa, has opened its new Phillips Imaging Center, according to a WHO TV report.

Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley in Boardman, Ohio, is upgrading its radiology department, according to a hospital news release.

Consumers' familiarity with a medical imaging test is directly correlated with the likelihood they will agree to the test when recommended by a physician, according to a Siemens Healthcare news release.

Physicians with financial interest in imaging equipment are more likely to refer their patients for potentially unnecessary imaging exams, according to a Radiological Society of North America news release.

Florida Hospital in Orlando is opening a radiology residency program next year to train medical residents in imaging, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Twenty of the top 25 connected healthcare facilities, as recognized by Health Imaging & IT magazine, use radiology solutions from Nuance, a provider of voice and language solutions.

The global MRI market is projected to reach approximately $4.8 billion by 2016 from $4 billion in 2011, according to a MarketsandMarkets news release.

Federal organizations and healthcare providers are growing increasingly concerned about the harmful effects of cumulative radiation doses. In August, The Joint Commission released a Sentinel Event Alert on the risk to patients of repeated diagnostic radiation doses. In response, hospitals…